Joshua and the Flow of Biblical HistoryThe book of Joshua brings to life real history during the crucial period of transition for the Israelites as they follow God's direction and settle in the promised land. Israel needed discipline in light of their newfound freedom. They faced the responsibility of living as a covenant people while adapting to change. Joshua describes the historic shift from the revelation of God's promises to their realization. God's care of his people becomes obvious, and their struggle with disobedience, selfishness, and fear is very human. Francis Schaeffer's thoughts on the book of Joshua show readers the historic, spiritual, and intellectual nourishment available for the Christian life through the examples of Joshua and his fellow Israelites. In the book of Joshua, Schaeffer finds that God reveals his sorrow over human sin, as well as his gracious love for his people. This is as true for us as it was for those in Joshua's time. This study of the settling of Israel will inspire readers to see the hand of God present in all of history, including today. |
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... written on stone, with expositions and applications remembered in a book of some kind, that would allow the people to come back to a standard of law, to be able to talk about it, and to discuss it, to meditate on it, and to practice it ...
... written in it was what God said should be put there. Early in Joshua's life, therefore, he was in a definite way wrapped up with the book. As we shall see, this becomes exceedingly important in the book of Joshua itself. ON. MOUNT SINAI ...
... written the Ten Commandments. These were the very tablets upon which God himself had written with his finger. God had communicated in verbal form and put his words on the tablets in the language of the people. Now Moses had destroyed ...
... written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his ...
... written, propositional form. We are watching here the Scripture growing before our eyes. The text has already said that Moses wrote; now he writes again. And what is he writing? The Pentateuch—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and ...
Contents
THE CONTINUITY OF THE COVENANT | |
RAHAB | |
TWO KINDS OF MEMORIALS | |
JERICHO ACHAN AND | |
MOUNT EBAL AND MOUNT GERIZIM | |
THE GIBEONITES | |
CALEBS FAITHFULNESS | |
EAST AND WEST OF JORDAN | |
THE CITIES OF REFUGE | |
CHOOSE | |